Football Echo: YOUR SHOUT: Who is the worst Blue of all time? Would McLaughlan, Pearson, Hill or Glazzard make your hall of shame?Byline: Martin Farrington WITH regard to David Prentice's column about the worst Everton players of all time, I've been a Blue all my 40 years, and although I missed the legendary Ball Harvey-Kendall side, did have the dubious privilege of witnessing probably the worst Everton side of the modern era. When I first started going to Goodison, we had a defender called John McLaughlan, who had the nickname Tiger despite being about as fast as a speeding tortoise and being unable to tackle a crisp packet. Years later, the Blues bought a comically inept striker named Jim Pearson, who seemed to have been put in the side as some kind of a joke. Somehow, he managed to play about 70 games. How we laughed. In many ways, I am glad to have missed that legendary championship-winning side -- otherwise I may have turned out like a Liverpool fan, forever harking back to the good old days and saying how great our players are. Martin Farrington, Maghull RE: DAVID Prentice's column about the worst Everton players of all time. Even worse than Bernie Wright Bernie Wright, nicknamed Bernie The Bolt, was a professional English football player. He signed for Everton in 1972 from Walsall but only played 10 times for the club before having his contract terminated for 'serious misconduct'. , to my mind the worst Everton player ever was a centreforwardcalled Billy Higgins Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936–May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. He played on Ornette Coleman's first records, beginning in 1958. , who donned the blue shirt in 1946. He was that bad, he was sent to play in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. with a team in Bogota, and was never seen or heard of again. John Norman John Norman, pen name of John Frederick Lange, Jr. (born June 3, 1931), is a professor of philosophy, but is better known as the author of the Gor series, which was popular in the 1970s and early 1980s with millions of copies sold, and still has many fans. He holds a Ph.D. , CrosbyAS A Scouser travelling around Asia at the moment, it's amazing how many English people I have met who thought Moyesey might have gone at the end of the season. Well done for Kenwright for sticking with him -- although I'm sure getting rid never crossed his mind. My utmost admiration goes out to the manager and the team for the way they galvanised after the Rooney fiasco and the ongoing money issues. And finally, please stay Thomas Gravesen! Paul Callan, OsakaWHY don't the authorities make a rule that all transfer monies are paid in full and up front? No clauses about payments based on appearances, but per-haps a sell-on bonus clause. This might stop all the big money transfers and at least give some of the smaller clubs a fighting chance one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. See also: Fighting . On a different subject, what-ever happened to the young Italian striker Pascucci who spent some time on the Blues' books? Bill Gard, CanadaREGARDING the Michael Ball they don't have it? I am also fearful of the Rooney deal, but in this day and age, it's obvious deals are not as straight forward as they seem. saga: If they can't pay how do we get the money from them? They may have signed a contract, but how we do we actually retrieve the money they owe ifJ Barker, ChildwallPLEASE DON'T GO: Paul Callan is desperate to seeThomas Gravesen (right) stay at Goodison, while the Michael Ball (left) saga continues to inspire debate |
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